Well, yes, but screw the chuds and screw GW, they will forever be canon for me. And imagine even considering wanting to get rid of them!
I love the art and I recognize the artist, seems like they can't miss ever. Also I now really want to build and print myself a regiments of Felinid Auxilia as reinforcements to the Space Marine chapter. It's such a shame there aren't any catboy heads as STLs out there though, I want a mixed unit and already have some torsos in mind (without tails, but I won't use the existing catgirl-soldiers out there because they're sculpted way too horny for my tastes)
Thanks again, you really got my creativity flowing and now I know how to demolish about my remaining 3 litres of resin! And I'll give them tanks!
And you've just helped to write the lore of my still unnamed chapter. I think I'll go with the renegade angle (they're cats after all), that way they can fight against anyone at any time (which fits nicely since I play OPR, which is flexible in regards to lore). Thanks!
Also I had no idea that catpeople were really in the canon. That'll show all the chuds who doubted me!
I'm not so sure about the lore yet, I picked the colour scheme because I liked it without really thinking about existing chapters. Right now they're a remnant from the relatively "tolerant" days of the Great Crusade who are loyal to an Imperium that doesn't exist anymore (or never existed) and only recently resurfaced in the galaxy because cats are good at hiding and now fight against both Chaos and the current Imperium. I guess being linked to the Dark Angels would be possible, or maybe just their founder was. Or maybe they thought Lion El'Johnson was a real lion and picked the colours to honour the big cat. The more important thing is that they have catgirls and catboys and that I love them and that they fight for the Catperor.